If we can get everybody on the mat, we should do well this year. |
If we can identify those markers within people, we can improve the success of in vitro fertilization procedures. Every person has different physiology and different genetic background. If we can treat the them specifically, we can probably increase in vitro fertilization results. |
We had some idea of specific genes that might be affecting this trait based on other traits they appear to be associated with. We wanted to see if there were any mutations that might be coding for high or low fertility. After we scanned through the genes, we wanted to look at the whole genome because we had a very fertile group of cows and a group with very low fertility. |